William Jay Smith Eds (7 results)

Condition: Good. 1967. First British edition. 275 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over ochre cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some tears, chipping and creasing.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. 324pp, black cloth, slight soiling to cover.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Dust jacket split at ends of spine and corners, most notably at base of spine, lightly age-toned on flaps; Boards quarter-bound in dark blue cloth and red paper, no notable wear; Pages lightly age-toned, minimal spotting to top and fore-edges, no ownership marks; Binding tight. This volume contains Voznesensky's poetry translasted into English from the original Russian. ; 6.25 x 9.25"; 345 pages.…

Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition Thus. 275 pages. Laminated dust jacket over yellow cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Mild foxing present. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over.…

First edition. Hardcover bound in gray cloth with title foil-stamped in silver along spine, red endpapers, and pages printed in black. Housed in a glossy dust jacket printed in red and black. 187 + 3 pp. Comprehensive anthology of experimental and traditional poetry from Brazil edited by Emanuel Brasil and William Jay Smith. With contributions by Jorge Mautner, Ferreira Gullar, Haroldo de Campos, Mário Faustino, Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari, and Lindolf Bell. Includes an in-depth introduction by the two editors, short biographies of contributing artists, parallel translations of poems from Portuguese into English, several examples of visual and concrete poetry, and a bibliography of books published on the contributing artists. Dust jacket with rubbing, age toning, and faint sunning to spine. Book with a small area of faint staining at inside left cover and darkening along text block. Very good.…

First edition. Wrapper edition (Of 2200 printed, 200 were in cloth) of this generous collection of Italian poetry facing the English translations. Poets from seven centuries with translations by Chaucer, Byron, Longfellow, Pound, Heaney and Gioia and many others. Briefly inscribed, signed and dated in 1989 by Dana Gioia. Minor soiling and wear at tips, but still close to fine. At 456 pp. a generous selection attractively presented.…

Soft cover. 4to. pp 40. Blue, black and white illustrated covers. Occasional illustrations in black and white throughout. The contribution of Harold Pinter is credited to 'Harold Pinta'. good plus condition, with some mild creasing at corners, light shelfwear and some spots of foxing at rear cover and final page.…